Theo Schmidt wrote: > > Maybe give us the actual output from apt? > > Here it is. Note --simulate > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/theo# apt-get --simulate install udev ... > Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert: > e2fslibs e2fsprogs libc6 libc6-dev locales > WARNUNG: Die folgenden essentiellen Pakete werden entfernt. > Die sollte NICHT geschehen, wenn Sie nicht genau wissen, was Sie tun! > sysvinit > 5 aktualisiert, 3 neu installiert, 9 zu entfernen und 650 nicht > aktualisiert.
> Sorry, it's in (misspellt!) German, but there are two severe warnings, one > error (although I expect that comes from the --simulate option), and a > cryptic instruction: heavy stuff! My German is rusty enough to be completely forgiving of spelling (ie, I couldn't spell it right myself...), but that's clear enough. It's the 650 "not installed" programs that are killing you. I believe you're getting caught in a libc6 upgrade. If you've got the nerve for it, "aptitude upgrade" might install most of those 650 (without removing anything), then try again. > > So, you have a device on the desktop that is unmounted? Click on the > > device, it mounts, right-click and select "unmount" to unmount it. If > > that's not working, what _is_ happening? > > The icon appears on the desktop already mounted after executing pmount. The icon _should_ appear on the desktop unmounted - if you have the KDE device settings configured (Desktop configuration / behaviour/ device icons) to show unmounted removable devices. So then you click on it and it mounts (using pmount). > It would of course be slick if KDE could be taught to use pumount instead > of umount. It will if _KDE_ pmounted it in the first place. > ... > > I think that's a hotplug or udev issue. I think we really need to get > > udev fixed. Have you done an "apt-get update" recently? > > Yes, for "testing". But I do have 650 packages a couple of months old. I > update some of them from time to time, steering clear of anything with "k" > in it, as I do not want the very severe problems I had twice already or > which appear often on this list. Also the above installation for udev > sounds seems terribly risky to me. I don't mind adding or updating things, > but removing them is usually bad news. There should be an "undo" button in > synaptic! But I'm happy with the situation now, will enjoy hal and udev in > a year or so, I expect, and thank you very much indeed for your help and > patience! So try the "upgrade". "upgrade" is generally safe, where "dist-upgrade" may not be. Not being an "etch" user, I couldn't bet on whether it's currently safe to dist-upgrade to it. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
